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A Historicized Ontology for the Quantum World: A Philosophical Investigation of the Quantum Histories Interpretation book cover

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A Historicized Ontology for the Quantum World A Philosophical Investigation of the Quantum Histories Interpretation

By Kefu Zhu Copyright 2026
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge
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This book discusses the ontology in the quantum world and argues that it should be interpreted as a historicized ontology. This perspective is advocated by the quantum histories interpretation. Inspired by the nomological interpretation from Bohmian mechanics and the corresponding understanding of the law of nature and logic, the ontology will be useful to solve the difficulties of confusing... Read more

1 Introduction 2 The formalisms and interpretations of quantum mechanics 3 The histories interpretation of quantum mechanics 4 Ontological and logical issues in histories interpretation of quantum mechanics 5 The nomological interpretation of quantum wave function 6 The histories formalisms from the nomological perspective 7 Historicized ontology, scientific metaphysics, and philosophy of history 8 Conclusion and directions for future research

Biography

Kefu Zhu is a researcher in the philosophy of science. He obtained his PhD in the philosophy of science and technology from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research interests encompass philosophy of physics, philosophy of logic, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and scientific metaphysics.

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